Larry Andersen vs. Brian Fisher — Career Comparison

Larry Andersen
Baby BoomersOregonThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Brian Fisher
Baby BoomersHawaiiThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Brian Fisher built a career as a starting pitcher and Larry Andersen as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Larry Andersen led in home run suppression (HR9+ 152 vs 78), walk avoidance (BB%+ 132 vs 90), and run prevention (ERA+ 110 vs 84). Role difference aside, Larry Andersen holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Larry Andersen and Brian Fisher

Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
699
6.32
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 9 Innings
222
3.12
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.91
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
0.36
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.51
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.35
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
0.48
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
50.63
50.63
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.43
51.43
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.28
29.28
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.1
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.44
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.32
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
348
3.15
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
312
4.39
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.07
3.07
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.12
4.12
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.22
3.22
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.261
0.261
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2986
27
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 9 Innings
1920
27
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
995.1
9
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 9 Innings
640
9
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
932
8.43
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
638
8.97
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.43
8.43
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.97
8.97
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.52
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
0.98
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.52
0.52
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.98
0.98
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
311
2.81
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
252
3.54
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
0.58
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.3
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.81
2.81
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.54
3.54
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
758
6.85
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 9 Innings
370
5.2
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.85
6.85
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.2
5.2
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.08
1.08
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.67
1.67
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.074
1.074
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.972
0.972
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.19
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.17
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.15
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.15
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.06
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.11
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4171
37.72
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2758
38.78
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
267
2.41
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
0.86
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
402
3.63
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
341
4.8
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.8
4.8
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.48
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.37
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.36
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.3
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
0.64
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.66
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.249
1.249
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.391
1.391
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3750
33.91
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2448
34.43
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.58
0.58
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.54
1.54
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.72
37.72
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.78
38.78

Fielding Stats for Larry Andersen and Brian Fisher

Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
699
6.32
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 9 Innings
222
3.12
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.91
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2986
27
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 9 Innings
1920
27
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
995.1
9
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 9 Innings
640
9
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
0.88
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.46
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
151
1.37
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
1
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.23
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.1
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
273
2.47
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
1.56
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
248
2.24
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
1.46
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.84
90.84
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.69
93.69
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.355
0.355
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.469
0.469
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.28
29.28
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.13
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.07
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Larry Andersen and Brian Fisher

Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
699
9320
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 600 PA
222
1091.8
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
45
600
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
122
600
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
38
506.67
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
105
516.39
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.132
0.132
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 600 PA
0.124
0.124
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.411
0.411
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.452
0.452
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
66.67
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
63.93
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
66.67
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
44.26
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
9.84
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
9.84
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
19.67
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.37
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.1
25.08
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
5
66.67
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
103.28
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
8
106.67
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
113.11
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.195
0.195
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.132
0.132
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.327
0.327
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.076
0.076
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.242
0.242
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.217
0.217
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
53.33
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
34.43
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
49.18
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
4
53.33
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
73.77
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.6
7.97
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.31
11.36
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
9.84
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
40
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
39.34
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
200
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 600 PA
54
265.57
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 600 PA
2.26
2.26
Larry Andersen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
53.33
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
34.43
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
9.84
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
9.84
Larry Andersen
Career
Per 600 PA
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0